Tip 14 is Mom’s observation and experience:
“If you set a goal and work hard enough, you’ll reach it.
Reaching your goal will not happen by itself.”
She says that meant in small part 40 years ago, “Learn at least something new every day beyond what you learn in school.”
Mom says today, “Students must learn something, or more, every waking hour in order to distinguish yourself.”
That means in large part, look beyond your ordinary way of doing mundane tasks. Make routines into lessons for yourself, so you make sure you learn something new about how you and the world work together.
For example, if you go to Disneyland, learn how Imagineers create enough illusion of “fun” at Disneyland for people repeatedly to give them big bucks to enter their park. And no, it’s not just the thrill of blindly dropping two feet in a roller coaster, a burst of air in your face, or the appearance of a giant mouse.
You’re on your own in reaching your goal. The world is full of “I could’ves,” “I would’ve, if onlys,” and half hearted “I should’ves.”
If you want to attend a top university, you and you alone must make it happen. Others can only help or hinder.
Otherwise, top universities, and places like Disneyland, would not be distinctive.
